The Street Feather Project - Each Message Is A Seed Planted

With all the action always going on along Windward Avenue at the beach, I almost walked right past this great little sign and message one day ...

I got home and looked up "Street Feather Project" and discovered that it's an organization that puts positive, artful messages up all over the world, planting seeds of love and goodness along the way. Their credo is "Because we still believe we can change the world with our creativity. Art for all."
I get it, because you can't stop and read these wonderful messages and not feel better about things in the world, knowing that there's people out there doing nice stuff like this. Making the world a little better with every message. I love it.

What a great Valentine's weekend message ... "So much love to give. Give much love to live." Because that's what it's all about. LOVE.

Love you.

A Custom Poet In Venice

I was walking down Abbot Kinney this past weekend when I came upon a woman sitting at a little table with an old school typewriter sitting on it and a sign advertising "Poems To Order". I introduced myself to Vanessa Rose, who was there to create custom poems for people that might not be so good at putting their feelings into words themselves.

With Valentine's Day fast approaching, business was picking up on that bright afternoon, with someone even asking Rose to craft a poem for him to propose with.

It reminded me a bit of the film, Central Station, where the lead character sat near the train station and wrote letters for people who didn't know how. There's something so sweet and old fashioned (especially written on a typewriter) about a poem written in the name of love - even if you have to get someone else to do it for you.

Whatever the occasion, I'm sure anyone would be thrilled to receive a "hand crafted, fresh to order, artisanal poem" written just for them.  On her business card, it reads You met a human named Vanessa Rose. You found her to be intelligent, gracious and charming. 

I surely did. You may look for her table set up weekends on Abbot Kinney, or contact Vanessa Rose for poems or events at:

Email: Rose.Vanessa@gmail.com
Twitter: @rosevanessa8
Facebook: /rose.vanessa

Happy Valentine's Day from Venice

Ahhh, remember this ol' GEM?




Happy Valentine's Day, indeed! Let's try to remember to love the best we can every day. It really is what the world needs now. Everysingleone does.

Bless your hearts.

Venice Valentine

I'm of the school that EVERY day should be a Valentine's Day type deal, so am not overly absorbed in a day like Valentine's Day ... but then I'm all for celebrating LOVE, even when it's a little forced.

It started last night for me, really, when Kris Kristofferson presented the award for Best Album Of The Year (to Arcade Fire - great for them!) at the Grammy's with Barbra Streisand ... AND she sang "Evergreen", from my fave movie, A Star Is Born. So, of course, I awoke feeling all dreamy.

Then, Monday morning grey, walk on the beach, it was like strolling along the set of a movie the whole way back to Venice. A photo shoot of a hot guy and a girl running along the sand with their surfboards and faux beach hair. Then a teenage couple kissing with their hands in each others' back pockets (the kids still do that, how Dazed and Confused!). Every few 50 yards or so, there would be yet another heart drawn in the sand, with intials, or fully spelled out "I LOVE YOU CHARLIE", or just blank hearts - the good, old fashioned ones with a fuzzy arrow piercing it, left blank by an optimistic heart.


Then a Sea Horse couple, mating for life right before my eyes! I couldn't believe it myself - because I'm just kidding, but the point is, LIVE LOVE.

And Happy Valentine's Day! Every day.

XOXO.

*Jenny Everhart took this picture of someone's sandy greeting to EVERYONE!

Venice Valentine

I don't know who sent me this lovely Valentine zeppelin fly-by ... but thank you! I loved it.


Last year a bunch of us got together on my brother's rooftop overlooking the Boardwalk, and made this little Venice Valentine video ... enjoy ... and LOVE!